UMC Utrecht s core activities are: To carry out cutting-edge scientific research from bench to bedside ; To provide state-of-the-art healthcare that requires special knowledge and expertise; and To offer excellent healthcare programs and training to students, medical and biomedical researchers, doctors and other academic professionals. |Mission statement: "UMC Utrecht aims to be an internationally leading university medical center, where knowledge about health, disease, and healthcare for patient and society is generated, tested, shared and applied."